BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) “national broadcasting service” means a free-to-air community or commercial broadcasting service whose licence area is the whole of Zimbabwe; “newspaper” means a newspaper, journal, periodical or magazine; “open narrowcasting service” means a broadcasting service, including a diffusion service⎯ (a) which is not made available to persons on payment of any subscription fee; and (b) the reception of which is limited by reason of⎯ (i) being targeted to any special interest group or not being otherwise intended to appeal to the general public; or (ii) being intended only for reception in particular locations, including arenas or business premises; or (iii) being provided during a limited period or to cover a special event; or is limited for some other reason; and (c) otherwise complies with any classification criteria that may be applicable to such a service in terms of subsection (2); “operate”, in relation to⎯ (a) operating as a signal carrier, means carry or distribute signals on behalf of any broadcasting service; and (b) operating a signal transmitting station, means install, work, maintain, develop or hire any apparatus comprising the signal transmitting station; “political party or organisation” includes any group or organisation whose objective is the furtherance of the election of a person or persons to public office or the removal of a person or persons from such office; “Postal and Telecommunications Authority” means the Postal and Telecommunications Authority established by section 3 of the Postal and Telecommunications Act [Chapter 12:05]; “public broadcaster” means the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation referred to in section 3 of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act [Chapter 12:01] or any other broadcasting entity established by law which is wholly owned or controlled by the State; “railcasting” means the broadcasting of pre-recorded programmes for reception by passengers of any railway service; “roadcasting” means the broadcasting of pre-recorded programmes for reception by passengers of any public service vehicle as defined in the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11];9 “securities”, in relation to a body corporate, means shares, stock, debentures, bonds and other securities which entitle the holder of the securities to vote at meetings of, or exercise any control over, the body corporate; 9 Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act 6/2003 (original definition in this position erroneously defined "broadcasting" instead of "roadcasting"). -7-